“Eighteen years. (Laughs) [series creator] Robert [King]‘s always said he had seven years of this show in him, and my feeling is, I want to do it as long as the writer feels he has something to write… Alicia is basically in every scene. Characters can come and go on the show, but she can’t. So as long as they’re happy to write for Alicia, I’m happy to play her. My guess is we’ll go seven seasons,” the 48-year-old actress shared to Tvline.